Civil War and Reconstruction

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period/

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court.

• Both groups were able to vote in elections.

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes.

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

• They were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter.

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg.

• There were Union generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

• They were victories for the Confederacy.

• They were battles fought in Union territory.

• They were attempts to keep Virginia in the Union.

• They were batlles defending the Confederate capital.

Which human geographic factor helped the Union win the Civil War?

• A network of railroads in the North allowed Union soldiers to be moved quickly over long distances.

• The Oregon Trail allowed Union military supplies to be moved quickly to the West.

• Northern farms started producing cotton used to make Union military uniforms.

• canals in the Midwest allowed food for Union soldiers to be moved quickly to the front lines.

Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown in the table?

• The South had a society that relied on wage labor.

• The South had an economy that relied on cotton.

• The South had a variety of natural resources.

• The South had an abundance of large cities.

Which issue do the events in these headlines have in common?

• Expansion of slavery

• States' rights

• Taxation without representation

• Popular sovereignty

Which statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate.

• The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress.

• the compromise enable Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves in the North.

• The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington D.C.

Which era involved legislation enacted by the Radical Republicans?

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Early Republic

• Antebellum

Which breakthrough did Hiram Rhodes Revels accomplish during Reconstruction?

• He became the first African American to publish literature.

• He became the first African American to build wealth as a carpetbagger.

• He became the first African American to win a seat in the U.S. Congress.

• He became the first African American soldier to serve in an integrated Union Army unit.